In this Jan. 25, 2006 file photo from Indianapolis, a production technician at Eli Lilly and Company examines Cymbalta 60mg pills. / (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, file)

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Jeff Swiatek
Indianapolis Star

So artfully done was the overnight theft of more than $60 million worth of drugs from an Eli Lilly and Co. warehouse in Connecticut that it seemed an inside job.

It essentially was, contends a lawsuit filed last month by the company that insured the Lilly building.

The brazen March 2010 break-in was made possible, the lawsuit says, because thieves got their hands on a proprietary report, done for Lilly by its security firm, which pointed out weaknesses in the warehouse's security system. The insurer is seeking tens of millions of dollars in damages from the security company. ...